BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
TOPEKA — Great Bend swimmer Dawson Clark placed 10th (55.63) in the 100-yard butterfly in Saturday’s Class 5-1A State swimming championships. Clark was just off his preliminary time of 55.13.
The Great Bend swimmers placed in the top 16 of all three relays after qualifying for the top 16 times.
The Panthers finished 12th in the 400 freestyle relay (3:29.56) with Isaac Penzer, Corey Harbaugh, Jordan Boone and Dawson Clark competing.
Phane Pedigo, Sean Williams, Clark and Harbaugh placed 15th in the 200-medley relay (1:46.69).
Pedigo, Harbaugh, Williams and Panzer placed 16th in the 200-free relay (1:35.95).
Great Bend scored 23 points to finish 26th.
AT TOPEKA
TEAM SCORES—1—Wichita Heights 242; 2—Maize 181; 3—St. James Academy 181; 4—Andover Central 172.5; 5—Topeka Seaman 147; 6—Leavenworth 125; 7—Wichita Trinity 117; 8—SM Miege 115; 9—KC Turner 110; 10—McPherson 105
11—Mill Valley 87; 12—Wichita Carroll 83; 13—BV Southwest 63; 13—Shawnee Heights 63; 15—Winfield 56; 16—Newton 52.5; 17—Maize South 51; 18—St. Thomas Aquinas 42; 19—Topeka Hayden 40; 19—Rose Hill 40.
21—Wichita Collegiate 39; 22—Bonner Springs 36, 23—Lansing 32; 24—Emporia 27; 25—DeSoto 24; 26—Great Bend 23; 27—Basehor-Linwood 20; 28—Hays High 12; 29—Wichita Independent 7; 30—Salina Central 6; 31—Kapaun-Mt. Carmel 4.
GREAT BEND FINALS
100 BUTTERFLY—10—Dawson Clark, 55.63 (55.13 prelim)
400 FREE RELAY—12—Great Bend, 3:29.56 (3:32.69 prelim) Isaac Panzer, Corey Harbaugh, Jordan Boone, Dawson Clark
200 MEDLEY RELAY—15—Great Bend, 1:46.69 (1:45.77 prelim) Phane Pedigo, Sean Williams, Dawson Clark, Corey Harbaugh
200 FREE RELAY—16—Great Bend, 1:35.95 (1:35.2 prelim) Phane Pedigo, Corey Harbaugh, Sean Williams, Isaac Panzer
GREAT BEND PRELIMS
50 FREESTYLE—19—Isaac Panzer, 23.58
100 BACKSTROKE—21—Dawson Clark, 1:01.62; 27—Jordan Boone, 1:02.7; 30—Phane Pedigo, 1:03.4
100 BREASTSTROKE—23—Sean Williams, 1:07.38
100 FREESTYLE—27—Isaac Panzer, 53.12
200 FREESTYLE—24—Sean Williams, 2:01.97; 26—Jordan Boone, 2:02.84; 28—Connor Furrey, 2:03.24
200 IM—23—Phane Pedigo, 2:15.24
500 FREESTYLE—19—Connor Furrey, 5:37.0
